Christos Ziakas
Scholar

Christos Ziakas

Google Scholar ID: j8eq9HIAAAAJ
Imperial College London
Machine Learning
Citations & Impact
All-time
Citations
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H-index
1
 
i10-index
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Publications
7
 
Co-authors
4
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Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • Published several papers, including 'VITA: Zero-Shot Value Functions via Test-Time Adaptation of Vision-Language Models', 'Red-Bandit: Test-Time Adaptation for LLM Red-Teaming via Bandit-Guided LoRA Experts', etc.
Research Experience
  • Worked at Microsoft AI on post-training for Microsoft 365 Copilot. Co-founded Athina AI (YC W23), an LLM observability startup. Held machine learning roles at Turo, BMW, and Amazon.
Education
  • PhD: Imperial College London, Advisor: Prof. Alessandra Russo; MSc Thesis: Technical University of Munich, Advisor: Prof. Stephan Günnemann; Diploma Thesis: Technical University of Crete, Advisor: Prof. Minos Garofalakis.
Background
  • Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Fellow, with research interests in generalist agents, world models, and AI safety.
Miscellany
  • Feel free to reach out if you share similar research interests or would like to discuss transitioning from the start-up world to a PhD.